If the hype is to be believed then the next big thing is the Internet of Things. But is it what you think it is? In this piercing and provocative essay, Bruce Sterling tells the story of an idea that just won’t go away because there’s too much money to be made and a whole world to control. Read more

Scarcity pervades political discourse; it shapes our reading of the economy and the environment. But it is not just the inevitable result of growth and resource exploitation. Scarcity is constructed daily through the creation of desire – it is designed. Read more